I define myself as a feminist without worrying too much what it represents to other people, partly to stand up and be counted *because actually that's quite important, you know*.

I am much of the same mind. I know there is a huge amount of disagreement about what feminism means and its connotations, and I am to be honest not well-informed about the details, but I do think that historically there have been enormous inequalities which the feminist movement has made great strides in overcoming, and I dislike the possible tendency to reject the label and implicitly ignore that history because of prejudices against the media image of feminists. Standing up and being counted is important for me. I want it to be recognised that there is still work for feminism to do.